Chevras Mo'oz Ladol

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UK Orthodox Jewish grant-maker (CML) sending most grants to institutions in Israel

Chevras Mo'oz Ladol

Type Other
Founded 1986-12-04 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 295818
Headquarters 34 Heathland Road, London, N16 5LZ
Area served Israel, Belgium, France, Throughout England


Chevras Mo'oz Ladol (also styled CML) is a registered charity in England and Wales. Objects cover Orthodox Jewish faith, education and relief of poverty worldwide.[1] In the year ended 31 March 2025 donations were £13,110,117 and grants £12,233,777, of which institutional grants were £10,251,118; the trustees' report states that about £10 million funded over 50 charitable organisations in the charity's operating regions (register areas include Israel).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "CHARITIES,CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF JEWISH YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL SPIRITUAL AND MORAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Advancement of Orthodox Jewish faith, religious education and relief of poverty."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Belgium, France, Throughout England.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of Chevras Mo'oz Ladol (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Abraham Bar-horin not recorded Keren Yesomim (1064093); The Chicken Soup Shelter (1119905)
Yitzchok Menachem Sternlicht not recorded —
Jehudah Baumgarten not recorded British Friends of the Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity (Kollel Shomrei Hachomos) (288023); Chinuch UK Limited (1195717); Cosmon (Belz) Limited (266130); Keren Yesomim (1064093); Nachlath Sholomo Ltd (1137122); Resolve Now (1189333); The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust (270693)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-15 Yitzchuk Menachem Sternlicht; Abraham Barchorin – also trustee of The Chicken Soup Shelter, Keren Yesomim; Jehuda Baumgarten – also trustee of The Community Hub, Moreshet Hatorah Ltd, The Interlink Foundation [3]
2021-07-04 Jehudah Baumgarten – also trustee of The Community Hub, Moreshet Hatorah Ltd, The Interlink Foundation; Yitzchok Menachem Sternlicht; Abraham Bar-horin – also trustee of The Chicken Soup Shelter, Keren Yesomim [4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £6,995,864 £6,995,714
2022-03-31 £7,550,276 £7,603,377
2023-03-31 £12,101,980 £11,642,705
2024-03-31 £9,852,215 £10,269,194
2025-03-31 £13,110,117 £12,280,225

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[9]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 institutional grants £10,251,118; trustees' report states about £10m funded over 50 organisations in operating regions (register includes Israel). Largest lines: Chaim Vechesed £3,649,839; Chasdi Yaakov Beis Shemesh £1,143,225; also Beis Hatavshil – Bnei Brak £98,542; Heichel Hanefesh Bitar £26,853; Ohel Yeshea Heifa £54,806; "Grants – Israel/Social" £36,320.[2]

Israeli partners

Numerous Israeli-city institutions (Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, Beitar, Haifa, Jerusalem).[2]

Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF

Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Heichel Hanefesh Bitar and similar Beitar lines likely relate to Beitar Illit (West Bank settlement per Peace Now); not all "Bitar" strings were independently mapped.[10] medium

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated.[2][2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Commission inquiry naming Chevras Mo'oz Ladol was found. Large FY2025 institutional grants include Chaim Vechesed £3,649,839 and Chasdi Yaakov Beis Shemesh £1,143,225; other named recipients include Beis Hatavshil – Bnei Brak, Heichel Hanefesh Bitar, Ohel Yeshea Heifa and lines labelled "Grants – Israel/Social".[2]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[13]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]

Sanctions screening

The names of current and archived trustees and Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match on full name was found; only coincidental surname matches. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[15]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[16]

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'Chevras Mo'oz Ladol' returned 0 contributions in total.[17]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[3]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Chevras Mo'oz Ladol (295818): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 295818, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 295818, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Chevras Mo'oz Ladol accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  6. ↑ Chevras Mo'oz Ladol accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  7. ↑ Chevras Mo'oz Ladol accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  8. ↑ Chevras Mo'oz Ladol accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  9. ↑ Chevras Mo'oz Ladol accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  10. ↑ Peace Now, Israeli settlements at the West Bank – the list Peace Now (accessed 2026).
  11. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit for "breakthrough" was Breakthrough Breast Cancer SC039058, unrelated).
  12. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch charity name returned zero results).
  13. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Chevras Mo'oz Ladol' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  14. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-295818 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  15. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV, version of 12 October 2026); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv, last updated 3 June 2026). Screening of 405 names (current and archived trustees and Companies House officers of the 25 batch-1 charities) carried out 14 October 2026.
  16. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
  17. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Chevras Mo'oz Ladol' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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